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In the tradition of "The Godfather" comes Sergio Leone's compelling dramatic epic chronicling the lives of two boyhood cohorts and their struggle to achieve power in the gangland heirarchy. Academy Award- winner Robert De Niro ("GoodFellas," "A Bronx Tale") stars in this powerful tale of raw, brutal emotion. Co-starring Academy Award-nominee and Emmy-winner James Woods ("Nixon," "Ghosts of Mississippi"), Elizabeth McGovern ("She's Having a Baby"), Treat Williams ("Prince of the City") and Academy Award-winner Joe Pesci ("GoodFellas," "Lethal Weapon 2 & 3") co-star. Receiving two Golden Globe nominations, USA Today calls this "a visually stunning film" and The New York Times says it's a monument of filmmakers." Included on the 1984 Ten Best lists of both The Hollywood Reporter and Siskel & Ebert's "At the Movies," and available in its epic, uncut longer version.

1984 · 3h 49m
Director Sergio Leone

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Once Upon a Time in America

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In the tradition of "The Godfather" comes Sergio Leone's compelling dramatic epic chronicling the lives of two boyhood cohorts and their struggle to achieve power in the gangland heirarchy. Academy Award- winner Robert De Niro ("GoodFellas," "A Bronx Tale") stars in this powerful tale of raw, brutal emotion. Co-starring Academy Award-nominee and Emmy-winner James Woods ("Nixon," "Ghosts of Mississippi"), Elizabeth McGovern ("She's Having a Baby"), Treat Williams ("Prince of the City") and Academy Award-winner Joe Pesci ("GoodFellas," "Lethal Weapon 2 & 3") co-star. Receiving two Golden Globe nominations, USA Today calls this "a visually stunning film" and The New York Times says it's a monument of filmmakers." Included on the 1984 Ten Best lists of both The Hollywood Reporter and Siskel & Ebert's "At the Movies," and available in its epic, uncut longer version.

COMMON SENSE

Complex gangster epic has strong violence, sex.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8.5
Reviews 55
Fresh 47
Rotten 8

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1984
Run Time
3 hr 49 min
Rated
R for strong violence including a scene of rape, sexual content, language and some drug use
Regions of Origin
United States, Italy, France
© 1983 The Ladd Company. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, Italian, French (Canada)
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Estonian , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hebrew , Hungarian , Indonesian , Italian (Italy) , Japanese , Korean , Latvian , Lithuanian , Malay , Norwegian (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian (Russia) , Slovenian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish (Türkiye) , Ukrainian

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.